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I seem to be in my creative corner today.
Mortal coil
by Oneiriad
Disclaimer: PotC are not mine. Neither is - well, you'll see.
Author's note: Spoilers for DMC.
Summary: Maybe the Pelegostos were not quite as mistaken as everybody thought?
He actually liked Jack Sparrow. Truth be told, he liked him quite a lot. He liked his odd, swaying walk, he liked the peculiar way he talked, he liked his love of the ocean and his ship, he liked how he insisted on his title, he liked the taste of rum on his tongue. He liked that he was human and he liked that he was flawed. He liked that he was a challenge.
He had tried to explain all this to the Pelegostos – lovely people, really, and of course it was a rare treat to be treated with the respect and reverence he was due. Even if the people doing the treating were a sad little bunch of cannibals and their opinions about how to treat an actual deity (or as close as to make no never mind) were some rather unfortunate leftovers from the bloody Aztecs. Alas, they were also rather set in their ways and refused to be convinced that any higher being might actually enjoy the challenge posed by this mortal coil.
Which was not to say that this mortal coil was not occasionally too much for his taste. Of course the limitations was the point of the whole thing, but still it got to him – and seemingly petty things, like that bloody undead monkey of Barbossa’s, rankled most of all.
And so he had sought out Tia Dalma, and so he had sought out Davy Jones. Which in the end had led him to the fine mess he was in now.
It was ridiculous, really, because it would have been so very easy to solve every problem he had, so very easy to defeat every enemy. All it would have cost him was Jack Sparrow. Which meant it was not so very easy at all. And while he was very confident and occasionally a braggart, then he never lied to himself – it would be a loss. A disguise simply wouldn’t be the same – and besides, sooner or later he would forget the tail. He always did.
So it was with Jack Sparrow’s limitations that he tried to solve the problems, tried to fix everything – with Jack Sparrow’s bloody slow human brain and all its bloody slow synapses, with Jack Sparrow’s bloody human body and its bloody fight-or-flight instincts – while all around him the world spun faster and faster and out of control.
And then they had arrived, one more appealing than the other, and suddenly his body was all hormones and instincts of an altogether different sort. First sweet William, still so achingly earnest. Then dear Lizzie, oh, and how she longed for ‘marriage’. And with her, before and after and around her, so deliciously fierce and fine, the former Commodore bloody Norrington, all barely controlled fury and so very appetizing on his knees.
Dammit, how was he supposed to think?!
But in the end he couldn’t and in the end it didn’t matter. In the end he was here and now, the world had ground to a halt, and there was no way humanly possible out of this. Which meant that he had lost his bet with himself, but which also meant, of course, that now all bets were off. Pity nobody had bothered telling the Kraken.
“Hello, beastie.”
And Sun Wukong smiled.
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I like muchly. *nod*nod*nod*
Jack, the god. Whee!
And might I mention... the former Commodore bloody Norrington, all barely controlled fury and so very appetizing on his knees.
mmm...
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Beautiful, addictive, precious little ficlet. Jack Sparrow should be a God, and this was perfect!
And with her, before and after and around her, so deliciously fierce and fine, the former Commodore bloody Norrington, all barely controlled fury and so very appetizing on his knees. Yum. Actually, all your descriptions were 'yum', and now I desperately want a foursome, but I'm still a Sparrington addict first and foremost.
Dammit, how was he supposed to think?! *grin*
I love this. I feel all exultant now. *adds to memories*
Yay!
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Ah, but isn't he - one of the new gods, a trickster fit for the 21st century?
Thank you for liking :-)
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Oh, that was brilliant ::goes off to look up Sun Wukong::
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*giggle*
*loves Sun Wukong, so is very happy about this*
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Sun Wukong is an old favourite of mine, and he fitted Jack so well. Too well, actually. I wonder...
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^___________^
(Whole thing: bloody fantastic.)
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Sun Wukong is very fitting. I loved how you structured this and how it's all so perfectly canon. ^^
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Sun Wuking. Loki. Coyote. Jack Sparrow. They're all here to keep us hopping. It also explains so much of canon so beautifully. From the Pellegostos to Davy Jones wanting 100 souls in exchange for Jack.
I've recced this in my journal. Mind if I friend you? (no problem if the answer's no. I'm not the overly-sensitive type.) Oh. Whups! You've already friended me, when I wasn't looking. Well, hi! *waves, friendly-like* Well, if you would rather get just the fannish stuff in my journal, then Feel free to ask me to unfriend you, so your friendslist isn't cluttered up with my ramblings about parenting, laundry, and other boring minutiae of my daily life. :-) I do post a lot behind f'lock, and it's a bit much if you're just there for the pirate fic.
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This one's going in my memories.